The ruling BJP-JJP coalition government in Haryana may hate to admit it, but the state’s main opposition party Congress seems set to unremittingly embarrass the government for the recently exposed job scam in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC), reports Rajesh Moudgil
The high-profile job scam in the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) has not only blighted the state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) coalition government led by Manohar Lal Khattar which has been tom-tomming its fairness in recruitments, it has also given the opposition Congress ample ammunition to incessantly embarrass the state government.
This is despite the arrest of some of the main accused and the arrest and the dismissal of the deputy secretary of Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) Anil Nagar, an HCS officer, from the services.
The dismissal order issued by Haryana chief secretary Sanjeev Kaushal on behalf of the Governor reads that competent authority had decided to award punishment of dismissal from service to Anil Nagar for bringing severe disrepute to the state government. It also meant disqualification from future employment under the government.
Nagar was arrested along with two others, Ashwini Sharma of Jhajjar and Naveen of Bhiwani, by the Haryana vigilance bureau for their alleged role in manipulating answer sheets of the candidates. They were nabbed in September by the state vigilance bureau in a close operation with the intelligence wing of the chief minister’s cell on the basis of a secret tip-off. A first information report (FIR) was registered on November 17 last while Nagar, who was overall in charge of the examination, was suspended the next day and dismissed from service a few days ago.
According to official information, a cash amounting to Rs 3.5 crore has already been seized, while a handwritten list of roll numbers of Haryana civil services (HCS) exam candidates was also recovered from Nagar. According to information, of the total 32 roll numbers, 15 were of HCS (of whom five had cleared preliminary examination) and 17 of dental surgeon candidates of whom 13 had passed.
This has given ample ammunition to the Congress, the main opposition party in Haryana to go all guns blazing after the ruling government. While its leaders have torn into the government alleging a bigger conspiracy with the involvement of some top officials, they have also held demonstrations to highlight the scam.
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